staple diet

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staple diet noun

staple diet

noun

Learner's definition of STAPLE DIET

[singular]

: the food or foods that a person or animal eats most often主要食物

Environmental changes are depriving the birds of the insects that form their staple diet.环境的改变正使鸟儿渐渐失去作为它们主食的昆虫。

— often used figuratively常用作比喻

I grew up on a staple diet of cartoons and comic books.在我成长的过程中，动画片和连环画杂志是我主要的精神食粮。

noun

: the food or foods that a person or animal eats most often

Environmental changes are depriving the birds of the insects that form their staple diet.

—often used figuratively

I grew up on a staple diet of cartoons and comic books.